René Lalique
Drawings of a Pendant and Comb
1890 - 1899
Drawing on Rives BFK paper
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Description
- René Lalique (French, 1860-1945).
- Sold as a set of 2.
- Two gouache and pencil drawings of a pendant and a comb.
- This work is offered unframed.
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Drawing of pendant inscribed emaillé and numbered 60 and 301.
Drawing of comb numbered 80 and 367.
Provenance
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, July 8, 2020, lot 1
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Félix Marcilhac, R. Lalique Catalogue Raisonné de l'Oeuvre de Verre, Paris, 1989, p. 569, fig. B (for a related pendant model)
Condition Report
GoodOverall both drawings are in good condition.
Pendant drawing:
A few small losses to the sheet in all four corners.
Along the upper edge there are three vertical repaired tears, the longest of which measures 4 inches, and an additional repaired loss.
Along the center of the left edge, there are several repaired losses which together measure 5 ½ x ½ inches and a horizontal repaired tear measuring 2 inches.
Along the center of the lower edge, there is a repaired loss measuring 3 x ¼ inches. In the upper right quadrant, between two pendant designs, there is a network of interconnected repaired losses and tears, the total area of which measures 1 ½ x 2 inches.
Along the right edge there is a ½ inch loss.
A few flattened handling creases throughout.
Comb drawing:
Small losses to the sheet in the upper left and lower right corners.
Along the lower edge there is a ½ inch repaired tear and a ¼ inch nick in the sheet.
Along the right edge there is a ½ inch tear.
Along the left edge there is a repaired tear measuring 1 ½ inches.
In the upper right quadrant of the sheet, there is a C-shaped repaired tear measuring 4 ½ inches in length. Another 1 inch repaired tear in the same area.
Other handling creases in the sheet throughout.
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